Combined planter and fertilizer-distributer.



Patented Feb. '5; Mil.

4 s. B. coA'rs. comamzn PLANTEBAND FERTILIZER msTmBu-T'EB.

(Application filed Get. 28, 1897.)

(No Iodol.)

I IE ll UNITED STATES PATENT EEic SIMON B. COATS, OF BROOK, SOUTHCAROLINA.

COMBINED PLANTER AND FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,386, dated February5, 1901. Application filed October 23, 1897. Serial No. 656,151. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIMON B. COATS, residing at Brook, in the county ofLexington and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and usefulCombined Planter and Fertilizer- Distributer, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combined planters andfertilizer-distributers; and the object of the same is to provide adevice which may be readily attached to the stock of the plow for thepurpose of planting seed and distributing fertilizer eithersimultaneously or independently, as may be desired, and also in whichthe quantity of seed and fertilizer dropped may be varied, as also thedistance between the bills, the device being extremely simple inconstruction and efiective in operation.

With the above objects in view the invention consists of a hopperdivided into compartments for containing the seed and fertilizer, adropping-disk journaled beneath the outlets of said compartments andprovided with pockets to receive the seed and fertilizer, said pocketsbeing interiorly screw-threaded to receive plugs which are adjustabletherein to vary the capacity thereof, a driving mechanism for rotatingsaid dropping-disk, and also agitators which are located in thehoppercompartments, and clamping devices for attaching the planter tothe plow-stock.

My invention further consists in the improved construction, arrangement,and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and afterwardspecifically pointed out in the claims.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention mostnearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed todescribe its construction and operation, having reference to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device in position upon a plow.Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 isa vertical transverse section. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4: ofFig. 2 looking in direction indicated by arrow. Fig. 5 is a transversesectional view of the droppingdisk, said section being taken through thepockets formed therein.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A indicates the hopper,which isdivided by a vertical partition into the compartments B and C forcontaining the seed and fertilizer. The bottom of the hopper is concavedto conform to the contour of the dropping-disk D, which is positionedtherebeneath, said disk being removably mounted upon the driving-shaftE, the shaft containing a feather which fits into a splineway formed inthe disk. The driveshaft E is journaled at one end in a hanger F,secured to the hopper, and at its opposite end in a block G, which isclamped to the under side of the plow-stock by the clips H, the legs ofwhich extend through the projecting ends of the band I, secured to thehopper,

nuts being provided upon the extremities of the clips, so that thehopper and journalblock G are firmly attached to the plow.

Journaled in the hopper is a shaft J, having thereon the fingers J,which fingers are located in the respective hopper-compartments for thepurpose of agitating and feeding the seed and fertilizer and preventingclogging of the same. Upon the end of the shaft, on the outside of thehopper, is a gearwheel K, which meshes with a similar wheel K upon oneend of driving-shaft E, while upon the opposite end of the last namedshaft, which projects through the block G, is a driving-wheel L, whichmoves upon the surface of the ground and imparts motion to thedropping-disk and the agitator.

Egress-openings M are formed in the bottom of each hopper-compartment,and controlling the same are the slides M, which are operated by thehand-levers N, said levers projecting from the top of the hopper, thehinged lid 0 of the latter being cut out to permit the movement thereof.

Formed in the dropping-disk about its periphery are theinteriorlyscrew-threaded pockets D, there being a series of pockets foreach compartment, the capacity of the same being regulated by thescrew-threaded plugs E which are adjustable therein, so that saidpockets may be entirely closed, if desired, and the distance between thehills thus regu lated.

ter is rotated and the former brought in line with said egresses anddeposited in the ground in the desired quantity and at the desired dis--tance apart. By closing the egress of either of the compartments theseed or fertilizer may be dropped separately, thus adapting the machinefor use as a planter or fertilizerdistrihuter or planter andfertilizer-distributer, as may be desired.

From the above description it will be seen that I have provided aplanter and fertilizerdistributer which is extremely simple in itsconstruction, it being quickly and readily attached to or detached fromthe plow-stock, and also a device in which the quantity of seed andfertilizer dropped therefrom may pe varied, as also the distance betweenthe iills.

While I have illustrated and described the best means now known to mefor carryingout my invention, I do not Wish to be understood asrestricting myself to the exact details of construction shown anddescribed, but hold that any slight changes or variations such as mightsuggest themselves to the ordinary mechanic will properly fall withinthe limit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a plow-beam, of a hopper having anegress-opening, a band or strap passing around the hopper and having itsends perforated and extending on the upper side of the plow-beam, ablock positioned on the under side of the beam, clips passing aroundsaid block and beam with their ends passing through the perforations ofthe strap and threaded to receive securing-nuts, a shaft beneath thehopper having one end supported by a plate depending from the hopper andits opposite end supported by the block, a dropping-disk on said shaftbeneath the egressopening and provided with a pocket, and a ground-wheelcarried by said shaft, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a plow-beam, of a hopper having anegress-opening in its bottom wall, a band or strap passing around thehopper and having its ends resting upon the upper side of the plow-beamand perforated at opposite sides of said beam, a block positioned on theunder side of the beam, U- shaped clips passing around the under side ofsaid block with the legs thereof extendingon the respective sides of thebeam with their ends passing through the perforations of the straps andthreaded to receive securing-nuts, a shaft beneath the hopper having oneend supported by said block, a plate secured to and depending from thehopper and supporting the opposite end of said shaft, a droppingdisk onsaid shaft beneath the egress-opening of the hopper and provided with apocket, and a ground-wheel carried by said shaft, substantially asdescribed.

SIMON B. COATS.

Witnesses: Y

B. N. Boom, D. L. GUNTER.

